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Hit Parade: These Are the Good Times, Part 1
How the sleek disco group Chic spawned hip-hop and new wave and shaped acts from Diana Ross to Duran Duran.
52 min
2202
Working: Novelist Jonathan Lethem Likes to Be S...
46 min
2203
Culture Gabfest: Country So Unreal
58 min
2204
Working: Biographer Heather Clark on Giving Syl...
44 min
2205
Slate Money: Movies: Trading Places
34 min
2206
Spoiler Specials: Soul
Karen Han and Dan Kois spoil the new animated film Soul.
40 min
2207
Culture Gabfest: Snag a Duke
58 min
2208
Working: Our Creative New Year’s Resolutions
43 min
2209
Hit Parade: Smells Like Christmas Spirit, Part 2
In Part 2 of this episode of Hit Parade, we continue the story of how Nirvana’s Nevermind ousted Michael Jackson’s Dangerous from the top of the Billboard album chart,
46 min
2210
Culture Gabfest: Live From Lockdown
65 min
2211
The Authority: Æsahættr
63 min
2212
Working: You Asked, We Advised
42 min
2213
Culture Gabfest: Pongs of the Past
55 min
2214
The Authority: Malice
37 min
2215
Decoder Ring: The Blue Steak Experiment
What took blue food so long to catch on?
37 min
2216
Working: George C. Wolfe on His New Film Ma Rai...
The director and playwright on how he adapted August Wilson’s 1982 play into a feature film.
57 min
2217
Outward: Queer Holiday Movies: Naughty or Nice?
Ruth Coker Burks on AIDS in the South, and the gang unwraps the gift of LGBTQ Christmas movies.
50 min
2218
Culture Gabfest: Mile High, Inch Deep
59 min
2219
The Authority: The Scholar
41 min
2220
Hit Parade: Smells Like Christmas Spirit, Part 1
This month, Chris Molanphy examines the chart dynamics that not only ushered in the grunge era but also invented a new music sales strategy, the post-Christmas album
29 min
2221
Hang Up and Listen: The Last Last Dance
53 min
2222
Flashback: Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Revisiting the Hollywood epic that grappled with questions of colonialism and morality.
119 min
2223
Working: When Music Is the Family Business: Suz...
54 min
2224
Spoiler Specials: Mank
Dana Stevens and Mathew Dessem spoil the technically dazzling film, Mank.
55 min
2225
Culture Gabfest: Algorithmic Rosebud
59 min